Posted by Five refurbished schools in Limawa Community, Dutse Local Government Area, Jigawa, were commissioned and turned over by Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, on Friday.
The Chief of Army Staff’s Special Intervention Civil-Military Cooperation Projects served as the venue for the exercise, according to Lagbaja, who was represented by Maj. Gen. N.C. Ugbo, Chief of Military-Civil Affairs.
According to him, the project is a special attempt to support the Nigerian Army’s goal of community involvement in keeping with its non-kinetic operations.
He went on to say that the initiatives are meant to support the communities of the Nigerian Army commanders who have attained the prestigious rank of Major General via their hard work and dedication to the country.
“I am quite happy to see that Jigawa State has Major General Abdulkadir Mohammed, a highly esteemed senior officer, at its disposal. It is relevant to remember that we just completed another crucial project in Kazaure LGA under Maj. Gen. Kazaure’s leadership last month, and we are here in Dutse today to commission yet another project.
Maj Gen Ugbo, who carried Lagbaja’s message, stated, “Today we are here to unveil the rebranded Limawa Model Primary School, which is fully furnished and ready to serve the community.”
He claims that the project’s completion serves as an illustration of what is possible when hard effort, devotion, and enthusiasm are put together.
Although Lagbaja called for the schools to be effectively administered in order to support the educational development and prosperity of the impacted community, it also noted that it was committed to giving the state’s security services, including the army, timely and useful information.
Maj-Gen. Abdulkadir Muhammad, the project’s chief executor, stated that at first, only Limawa Model Primary School, a run-down institution, was suggested.
He clarified that four run-down schools were also taken into consideration and remodeled when the project was close to be finished.
He mentioned the following schools: Limawa Primary School, Limawa Islamiyya School, Junior Arabic Secondary School Limawa, and Dutse Model Primary School Limawa.
“This remodelling involved expanding 11 blocks of 25 classrooms, where eight classrooms at Limawa Primary School and two offices were renovated; at Dutse Model Primary School and Limawa, there were two classes and two offices; at Junior Arabic Secondary School and Limawa, there were nine classes; and at Limawa Islamiyya School, there was a single block of two classes. Additionally, one borehole and ten restrooms were rebuilt, according to the principal executor.
According to Sa’id, the project included the refurbishment of eleven blocks with twenty-four classrooms, ten restrooms, water facilities, and staff offices.
Governor Umar Namadi praised the COAs for their generosity in his remarks, stating that it will support the state government’s efforts to create a climate that is conducive to teaching and learning in the state.
Namadi also expressed her admiration for the project’s implementer, characterizing him as a proud son who worries for the next generation. He guaranteed that in order to accomplish the intended purpose of granting access to high-quality education, his administration will work with the community that will benefit from the facilities to efficiently use and safeguard them.
The Limawa community and the Dutse Emirate, on behalf of the Emir of Dutse Hameem Nuhu-Sunusi, expressed gratitude to the Chief of Army Staff for the gesture.
In order to preserve peace and order in the state and throughout Nigeria, Nuhu-Sunusi further pledged to foster positive working relationships with the military and other security services.
More than a thousand local students received the educational supplies, including school uniforms, at no cost.